Check out this photo of their Cha Cha Rooster Bar. If you stuffed a disco ball down the neck of I Dream of Jeannie's bottle and then shook it real hard, this is what you'd get:

Fab. U. Lous

Anyway, back to the quilt. I liked the idea of lots of white (or in my case Kona Snow) around each colour fabric block.

I quilted around the inner and outer edge of the Snow portions to define each block. In retrospect I wish I'd also hand quilted around the colour blocks in a contrasting colour. If for no other reason than having an excuse to buy AMH's gorgeous flosses!

I used a luxurious flannel sheet for the batting (for any French quilters reading - les draps en flanelle blanc are on sale at quelle.fr at the moment; 60% off). The backing was also flannel (more Anna Maria Horner), so the quilt was very soft and snuggly (and wrinkled very easily, as you can see in the first photo).

And the binding was the scarlet Woodcut print that I love so much:

The quilt lends itself to chain piecing - it's made from these two blocks which are joined at 90 degrees to each other.

I'm annoyed that I've waited so long to blog this as I've lost the measurements for the blocks and have already given the quilt away to the baby girl for whom it was made. Sloppy, Kirsty.

I will say that the baby girl came for a visit about a month ago and the quilt came too. It had a few smudges and milk stains and some of her older brother's fingerprints on it. The quilt was obviously being loved and used and it made me soooo happy to see that.

I 'met' you through that first quilt and you have been inspiring me ever since. So nice to know that your quilts are being used and loved. Hand quilting is very rewarding, especially now it's fashionable to use big stitches and floss!

Pippa, that one was machine quilted, I just pin basted like normal and used my walking foot, no problems (I washed and tumble dried the sheet first). I do find hand sewing the binding just a little more tricky. Normally you have to sew through the back and catch the batting with the stitch before coming back up again, this is a little harder given the flannel hasn't the same loft as batting. Just have to take a little more care to make sure your stitches don't go through to the front of the quilt. I think it's well worth it for the drape and snuggliness. And a single bed size sheet is on sale for less than 8 euro - steal. Of course if you machine bind it this won't be an issue. This is also the same sheet I've hung up as a design wall, to test drive quilt layouts. Works a treat.

Lovely quilts! And you can always make another one for the handquilting thing...Re chandeliers: check my blog (not right now cos I am still creating) for the crystal chandelier I am remaking upcycling for over the kitchen sink (where else?). Havign fun with it.Swap you some lovely frosty flower patterns (beautiful) for 40*+...Urk.Jasmine

I love all 3 of them. It's great to see where you got your inspiration from for the last one! I guess one never knows where quilt inspiration may strike! :-)

I actually think all that white space is really beautiful and goes brilliantly with those big geometrics and punchy colours. So handquilting would have been fun, but the quilt looks great like this, I think. And I agree with Banaghaisge, you can always make another with this design and handquilt that one. :-) ;-)

The whole design process you go through is so detailed and thought out.I just look at those quilts and go wow, the white is what catches my eye. Never thinking about what a systematic and detailed process it is. I think with you it's almost more about the process than the product?The product always ends in fabulousness anyway.

They are all so beautiful! I'd say you made the absolute best of that FQ set!! I am partial to your tumbler quilt, definitely, but that baby quilt is so adorable. How lovely to discover it is being well-loved, that is very happy-making indeed.